Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Financials and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.22%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Zhejiang Shengyang Science & Technology Co Ltd (SS:603703), which rose 10.02% or 0.850 points to trade at 9.330 at the close. Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co Ltd (SS:601028) added 10.02% or 0.510 points to end at 5.600 and Shanghai Hile Bio Technology Co Ltd (SS:603718) was up 10.01% or 1.440 points to 15.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jiangsu Wanlin Modern Logistics Co Ltd (SS:603117), which lost 29.58% or 2.10 points to trade at 5.00 in late trade. Huayi Electric Co Ltd (SS:600290) declined 10.06% or 0.630 points to end at 5.630 and Ningxia Xinri Hengli Steel Wire Rope Co Ltd (SS:600165) shed 10.02% or 0.880 points to 7.900.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Anhui Gujing Distillery Co Ltd (SZ:000596) which rose 10.00% to 99.66, Shanghai Ganglian E Commerce (SZ:300226) which was up 10.00% to settle at 59.73 and Dalian Zeus Entertainment (SZ:002354) which gained 8.82% to close at 9.25.
The worst performers were Xingyuan Environment Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300266) which was down 10.02% to 5.66 in late trade, Yinji Entertainment Media Co Ltd (SZ:002143) which lost 9.96% to settle at 7.14 and Xiamen Meiya Pico Information (SZ:300188) which was down 6.90% to 16.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 740 to 571 and 103 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 6.81% to 22.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.80 to $1241.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $70.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.84 to trade at $73.61 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.14% to 6.6754, while EUR/CNY fell 0.20% to 7.7659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 94.87.